This year there are four Puerto Ricans who will participate in the “fiercetest competition on the planet” to compete for the grand prize of $200,000

The production of Telemundo ‘s “reality show” , “Exatlón Estados Unidos” , yesterday presented the new generation of athletes who will give everything to achieve victory in its new season that will premiere on Tuesday, January 11 . These 24 high-caliber athletes will join the Famous Team (Red Team) and the Contenders Team (Blue Team) to tackle the most rigorous circuits and night obstacles of sports competition.

The strongest man and woman will walk away with the coveted title, trophy and $200,000 each.

The new faces of the Famous Team (Red Team)

  • Ricardo Osorio , a 41-year-old Mexican from Huajuapan de León. He is a professional soccer player and lives in Los Angeles, California. This legendary figure of Mexican soccer has competed in more than 80 international championships, including the World Cup in South Africa and Germany, Copa América, as well as the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Champions League, among others.
  • Jaime Espinal , 37, is a prominent Puerto Rican Olympic wrestler born in the Dominican Republic. He became the first Olympic medalist in freestyle wrestling for Puerto Rico by winning the silver medal during the 2012 Olympics in London. Espinal was also a professional dancer and was part of the “El Jefe Tour” of the famous musical star, Daddy Yankee.
  • Briadam Herrera , a 26-year-old Cuban resident of Miami, Florida. He is a professional diver and a member of the United States National Vaulting Team, a sport he began at the age of eight in his native Cuba. Herrera continued his passion for this discipline in the United States when his family moved to Miami and today he has numerous awards in national and international championships as a distinguished professional athlete.
  • Héctor Gómez , a 25-year-old Puerto Rican resident of Orlando, Florida. He is a professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment, a discipline he started at the age of 14. In 2019, he participated in the thirteenth season of “American Ninja Warrior,” the hit sports competition on sister network NBC.
  • Mateo González , a 25-year-old Mexican from Coahuila, Mexico. He is a professional swimmer with great world recognition. This young man, who graduated from Texas A&M University, has competed in international sporting events such as the Pan American Games, Central American Games, as well as professional and collegiate swimming championships in Taiwan, Russia and other countries around the world.
  • Polo Monárrez , a renowned 42-year-old actor who recently successfully participated in Telemundo’s dance competition, “ Así se Baila”. The artist will return to the network’s screen to demonstrate his sports skills as a CrossFit expert. With impressive physical resistance, Monárrez has participated in renowned Telemundo productions such as “Betty in NY”, “La Suerte de Loli” and “El Señor de los Cielos”.
  • Jennifer Muñoz , 24-year-old Mexican born in Montebello, California. She is a professional soccer player who started playing when she was just five years old. She has played professionally for Club América and the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team. She represented Mexico in the Annual Cyprus Women’s Cup Tournament in Greece and made it to the Lobos team at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
  • Jordan O’Brien , 29, of Anaheim, California. She is a professional soccer player who has played for numerous teams such as River Plate in Argentina, as well as teams in Spain and the rest of Latin America, which has allowed her to learn Spanish. This communicator of wellness and health issues aimed at women was the only female to play soccer on a men’s team.
  • Paloma Flores , 27-year-old Mexican from Chicago, Illinois. She is a professional basketball player. Flores is part of the Mexican national professional women’s basketball team. Among her achievements is the gold medal she won at the Basketball World Cup, as well as being named Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019, among other important recognitions.
  • Candy Toche is a 23-year-old Peruvian from San Francisco, California who began her athletic career playing volleyball, but fate led her to jump track and field during her teens. The young professional athlete has competed in major international championships in Europe, Puerto Rico and South America. Currently, she is completing her studies in public relations in Puerto Rico thanks to a sports scholarship.
  • Anisa Guajardo , 30-year-old Mexican from Los Angeles, California. She is a professional soccer player who has lived and competed in different countries such as El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the United States. He belonged to the Pepperdine University team in Malibu, California. He has participated in professional championships for various soccer organizations such as Stanford Club, California Odyssey Club and East Fresno United Fusion, among others.
  • Isabella Arcila , a 27-year-old Colombian resident of Atlanta, Georgia. She is an Olympic swimmer who has competed in swimming championships since she was seven years old. He inherited the love for this discipline thanks to his father, who was a water polo player, and his mother, a professional swimmer. This has led her to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She has received important recognitions such as the All-American USA Champion, as well as being the South American and Central American champion.

The new faces of the Contenders Team (Blue Team)

  • Miguel Angel Espinoza is a 27-year-old model from San Diego, California who was born in Tijuana, Mexico. He is also a personal trainer and plays soccer weekly in a San Diego league. The youngest of 11 children, Espinoza comes from a large close-knit family and his older sister is a well-known television personality.
  • Frank De La Cruz is a 22-year-old from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic who recently fulfilled his dream of becoming a pilot. He currently resides in Miami, Florida where he is studying sports medicine at Florida International University and competing independently at the collegiate level in track and field. The young man also volunteers as a coach for underprivileged children.
  • Jesús “Tony” Beltrán is a 20-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona. This natural athlete has been part of soccer, baseball, football and boxing competitions. He helps his family run their business in Sonora, Mexico, where they operate a ranch and supermarket. He is the oldest of three brothers and is an engineering student.
  • Angel Rodríguez is a 26-year-old man born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was forced to leave the island after Hurricane María. He currently resides in Middletown, Maryland, where he works as a physical education coach. Growing up, he played soccer and basketball, but today he is an avid steeplechase athlete who competes in regional races.
  • Yoisel Barrios , 28, came to the United States from Cuba just two years ago. This former computer technician is now a casino maintenance worker in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has trained in taekwondo and bodybuilding and is actively training in CrossFit.
  • Emilio Lara , 22, originally from Mexico, is an Architecture student in New York City. Together with his friends, he developed a training system that is now used in the gym that they opened and operate together. He went on to play soccer at the college level and has practiced swimming, tennis, volleyball and long-distance running.
  • Natalia Palacios , 25-year-old Mexican. She is a personal trainer from Austin, Texas who started synchronized swimming at the age of six in Monterrey, Mexico. He competed in many national meets in that discipline throughout his childhood before switching to competitive swimming in high school. She is an expert in CrossFit and is starting to train jiu-jitsu.
  • Fernanda De La Mora is a 27-year-old entrepreneur born in Mexico City who has lived in multiple places around the world, but currently resides in Miami, Florida. The owner of a jewelry chain is a fitness aficionado who has competed in soccer, track, gymnastics and boxing competitions.
  • Rebeca Valentín , 27, is a Puerto Rican account executive who has been playing sports since she was nine years old, including basketball, soccer, track and field, and surfing, and recently beach tennis. She began modeling at the age of 15 and has participated in beauty pageants. His dream is to launch his own marketing company.
  • Lupita Gavilanes is a 25-year-old girl who was born in Fort Myers, Florida, but her parents returned to Mexico when she was 13 years old. This CrossFit enthusiast moved to Brooklyn, New York last year to seek a better future. Throughout her life, she has been involved in volleyball, soccer and has participated in jump rope competitions.
  • Alicia Beltrán , 27, born in Sonora, Mexico, currently lives in Los Angeles, California. This personal trainer is also a nutritionist. Sport runs in her family, as her mother was a volleyball player and her sister is a fitness expert. She was a national handball champion and is an avid mountain biker as well as a swimmer.
  • April Garcia , 24, is a Mexican student from Dallas, Texas who is currently pursuing a degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Querétaro, where she plays Flag Football. This sport became her passion at age 18 and since then she has played in a variety of national tournaments, in addition to her experience as a cheerleader and gymnast.

Hosted by Frederik Oldenburg along with Marisela “Chelly” Cantú as sports commentator, the sixth season of “Exatlón Estados Unidos” features 24 new high-caliber athletes as part of the Famous Team (Red Team) and the Contenders Team (Blue Team). Isolated from the outside world, without access to the internet, social networks, television and cell phones, each of them will test their physical and mental abilities week after week until crowning a man and a woman as champions at the end of the sports competition.

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